The modern hospital is at once the site of healing, the locus of medical learning and a cornerstone of the welfare state. Its technological and infrastructural costs have transformed health services into one of today's fastest growing sectors, absorbing substantial proportions of national income...

Proposes a framework for increased awareness of ethical issues within the police service, in the context of a society which no longer accepts authority without question. Discusses the problem of ends and means in decision making, and stresses that there must a reference point or ethos, which is...